Kang Chul-In

"The Sovereign that reveals his weakness, is not more than a third-rate. Even if I die tomorrow, I have to look good today, that is the weight in life that a Sovereign has to bear."

- Kang Chul-In

Kang Chul-In is the main protagonist of The Overlord of Blood and Iron.

Attributes

 * Experienced : Even if he was not born king and suffered during his early years, Kang Chul-In still lived 38 years, including 10 as the strongest Sovereign.
 * Prideful : As a Grand Sovereign would rather die than bowing to someone else. He also cares a lot about his image as aspirant Emperor of Pangea. While he can recognizes that some people are stronger than him in some domains, Kang Chul-In never thought they were indispensable to his conquest.
 * Arrogant : As the strongest sovereign on Pangea, gifted in both martial arts and leadership abilities, Kang Chul-In don't consider anyone to be his equal.
 * Cruel : When insulted, Kang Chul-In will never let it slide. If anyone injured him in any way, he will make sure to make the responsible pay. He would either behead or even to take it a step further, hand down a punishment of physical dismemberment (by tying the guilty to horses for drawing and quartering, or being broken on the wheel) to those who would dare to intrude on his authority.
 * Confident : Kang Chul-In rarely doubt his abilities. If he was overconfident in the past, he learned to be slightly more cautious after he returned to the past.
 * Brutal : Kang Chul-In has a preference for front fighting rather than underhanded plots. He also admitted himself being a warmonger.
 * Authoritarian : Kang Chul-In is charismatic enough to order around a large number of soldiers. Along with his experience as the ruler of the strongest faction in Pangea, his mentality underwent a change that made him develop an inherent haughty presence, full of authority and confidence.
 * Possessive : Value 'his things' and don't support that someone other than him touch them.

Goals
Few things are important and have interest for Kang Chul-In and they are :
 * 1) Conquest : Unify the continent of Pangea is a goal similar to him as eating and breathing. Kang Chul-In also wants to crown himself Emperor of Pangea.
 * 2) Status : The experience to be seen and recognized as the greatest man is something Kang Chul-In wants to keep. For that, pure strength is not enough, Kang Chul-In has to be above everyone else, whether in term of physical prowess or in the standing of the social ladder.
 * 3) Dignity : As a Grand Sovereign and aspirant Emperor, money and power are very important to him so that he can places himself higher than any other man.
 * 4) War : This stay as Kang Chul-In favourite hobby and passion. He considers himself to be a war-maniac.
 * 5) Glory : A feeling Kang Chul-In always welcome and desire to have for himself.

Background
He is a young man who became the strongest and most hated human with the arrival of an alternate world called Pangea. He dominated this plane for a decade as the most powerful sovereign but ultimately failed to unify it. During "Ragnarök", an all out war between sovereign, Kang Chul-In waged wars and caused multiple massacres. While his reputation as a legend was built during this period, it also caused many people to grow fearful and hostile to him.

The betrayal of one of his trusted subordinate resulted in the alliance of his countless enemies whom then besieged his palace. Just before his death Kang Chul-In used his final trump card, a skill named Soul Backup, and returned to the past, 10 years ago, with his memory intact.

Titles

 * [Title] Hero, oh my hero
 * Type: Title
 * Rank: Unique
 * Option 1: +120% charm to all unmarried women within a city
 * Option 2: +25% experienced earned from monster hunting
 * Option 3: +70% healing from resting in a city
 * Penalty Option 1: -30% charm to unmarried men in the city
 * Penalty Option 2: -5% to all stats whenever you do something ‘bad’ . (Stacks to 5 times)

Trivia

 * One of Kang Chul-In's hobby, beside waging war, is collecting cars.
 * Out of the past Lords, if they made a ranking to see who had gotten the most hate, Kang Chul-in would definitely be at the forefront.
 * As the most hated man and sovereign Kang Chul-In suffered 77 assassination attempts before using Soul Backup.
 * During his firts Great Summoning (you see the person you trust the most) Kang Chul-In saw his father, during the second he saw himself (as a Lord).
 * In Chapter 326, the Emperor of Blood and Iron said that he passed the lovers that he failed to take responsibility to his reincarnation, which is Kang Chul-In, which means his current wives maybe his past self's wives too.